Hints on future add-ons and licenses

Hi Guillermo,

Answers to your questions:

1: Yes, definitely!
2-3: I cannot reveal any details yet regarding forthcoming versions or products. In any case, we will always apply a fair policy. Our sales conditions guarantee at minimum one year of free upgrades, from the date of first activation, to any release of the same product.
4: No hints, sorry. When we have something new to tell, we will announce it here and in the newsletter.

Regards,
Niclas

The C3 is based on a steinway D!

From the Pianoteq 3 first impressions thread.

Hi mimoviz :-)

I'm speculating too ;- and to give the great Pianoteq people some hints and good ideas i will chime in here with some instruments i would like to see in the future:
Clavinet
Clavichord
Harp
Dulcimar (hammered)
Vibraphone
Xylophone
Marimba
Tubular Bells

Any other ideas...?

No, no. Just more pianos and more parameters for the user to control, please.

Yep! That's the spirit Beto!!! I guess the we can go from a Steinway all the way to a Bosendorfer Imperial... but where does it end?
does it limit its amplitude with the cordophones? I think PTQ could evolve into a completely different kind of beast if they release the leash.... then we would be practically overwhelmed with sooo many options...

sometimes too much can be to little.... don't you agree?
 

I agree.  I wasn't serious about the sitar, other than I might enjoy making a sitar fxp combined with external effects.  I hope the electric instruments aren't a tax on resources, because as far as I'm concerned, I just want a modeled acoustic piano with the rich imperfect idiosyncrasies of a real piano.

+1 for the Steinway B preset.

Well, the reason is that a Steinway-B it's soft and powerfull at the same time. I can't explain well in words, sorry.
The soft version of pianoteq models didn't get the same nice softness of a Steinway-B, but get a little fuggy sound.

I'm not complaining about pianoteq models, just expressing my admiration for the Steinway-B special soft sound .

I wonder what gives the Steinway B it's distinctive sound? (It's the model used for the old Truan Steinway library that appears, with many fewer samples, in Garritan's small orchestra vsti and in the Art Vista piano vsti.)

It has a smaller body than a D, so it must have shorter strings, and it doesn't have as much growl or rumble. Beautiful sound, in any case. Lots of presence in the midrange.

Yes, use more instances of Pianoteq 3.

You'd surely know afterwards though!!!

May I repectfully ask this question, how do you improve on something that is already almost perfect? Yes I agree that perfection is acheivable, and I strongly suspect that Modartt have not paused in pursuing this, but the callibre of this software is rarely surpassed! I assure you, I am very passionate about PianoTeq and am always extremely interested in anything that Modartt bring out, but I am awesomely impressed with the current version of the product and every day it impresses me more! I am convinced that PianoTeq 3's true beauty has not even yet been fully heard. There are so many variables that there will never be an identicle aural experience for the same person listening to the same recoding/sounds on exactly the same equipment with exactly the same environmental setup on two different occasions simply because we are creatures not machines, let alone all the miriad of different headphones, speakers, soundcards, keyboards etc., and the varying conditions of each of these!!!

I am working very hard at the moment with callibrating PianoTeq with my NUMA Nero keys. I have so far heard some amazing sounds from my system, but I'll personally not be satisfied until I have perfected my setup. Not that I am unsatisfied in any way, but my pusuit of perfection is based on my knowing it is acheivable and I shall not stop until I reach this ultimate goal.  Of course we all have differing tastes, but perfection is perfection in anybody's language! I may not be particularly interested in the latest prototype sports car, but I can certainly appreciate it's quality (or not).

My point? I understand where you are coming from in your desire to see, or rather hear even greater things from PianoTeq - your pursuit of perfection if you will, but my God, PianoTeq 3 is almost the 'K9's testicles'!

In the mean time, I will keep posting, as will all of us loyal posters. We have much to enjoy,

warm regards,

Chris

My wish no.1
Develop the CP-80 model to a full-scale instrument, then adding the pickup and ampli emulations (you can overdrive the sound!),as well as built in EQ and Tremolo, like it was on the original;  then having it as a commercial add-on; I'm not so sure that people doesn't need something like that...
;-)

I always thought they could do a rather good acoustic guitar instrument. In fact, they could probably do just about any string/body instrument based on their modelling. Or why even limit it to that...their whole resonance/sound speed model could be applied to virtual wind instruments, no?

Maybe they could do a good virtual analog synth too